[Zope] Problem with parameter submission to Python Scripts

[Markus Gapp]

Hi Mark!
had a simmilar problem a few days ago:

outputdir=context.REQUEST['outputdir']
context[outputdir]makeThumbnail (image.getId())

worked for me!

good luck

markus

On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, Mark Simpson wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to get the following script to work in zope:
> 
> for image in context.objectValues('Image'):
>   if not image.hasProperty('original_id'):
>     context.outputdir.makeThumbnail(image.getId())
> 
> Where outputdir is a parameter passed to script, and is called with
> 
> makeThumbnails?outputdir=thumbnail
> 
> where thumbnail is a folder in Zope.
> 
> The problem is:   context.outputdir.makeThumbnail(image.getId())
> 
> I need the object that is refered to by outputdir.
> 
> For instance if I use:  context.thumbnail.makeThumbnail(image.getId())
> it works fine.
> 
> I've tried getattr, getitem, but had no luck.
> 
> Can anyone shed light on the correct way to do it?
> 
> Thanks
> Regards
> Mark Simpson
> 
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